At 09:20 -0600 01/02/2003, Robyn Lyons wrote: >On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 02:21 AM, Jeff Walther wrote: > >> Adding a ROM to a firewire card would probably add less than $5 to >> the cost of the card (in large quantities, of course), but someone >> would still have to write the Open Firmware driver for it and that's >> where the expense comes in. Since users of older Macs (those without >> built-in Firewire) are the only market, it probably isn't going to >> happen.
>IIRC there is also the issue of Apple not allowing anyone to license >the FireWire boot code that they use in their machines. No one else >wants to go through the hassle. Especially since the code is already >written. Yeah, Sonnet told me they looked into it, but Apple wanted too much for the code. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
